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>> these are gadhafi -- these are gadhafi you can say sympathizers and supporters who have taken -- who have control of libyan funds overseas. they are in egypt and they are in france and they are of course in africa -- in morocco. and they have -- they do provide the funds to those element inside the country to undermine the government and libya as a nation and the people, the innocent people, victims of their crime. >> because we know, your highness, that there are elements of al qaeda roaming around libya right now. is there a connection between al qaeda and whom you believe to be responsible for these murders? >> we do -- the prime -- the elected prime minister yesterday announced the capture and the arrest of four members of those -- of those criminals. and they will begin to interrogate them and shortly we will know exactly who is behind it at this point. we will know soon. >> but you believe this was timed deliberately, they targeted the american ambassador and they wanted to do it on the 11th anniversary of 9/11. do you believe that? >> i believe that strongly that they're doing
>> these are gadhafi -- these are gadhafi you can say sympathizers and supporters who have taken -- who have control of libyan funds overseas. they are in egypt and they are in france and they are of course in africa -- in morocco. and they have -- they do provide the funds to those element inside the country to undermine the government and libya as a nation and the people, the innocent people, victims of their crime. >> because we know, your highness, that there are elements of al...
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. >>> when moammar gadhafi was still alive, when he was still the dictator of libya, gadhafi had a plan to settle the conflict between israel and the palestinians. to settle that issue once and for all in a very simple way, all you had to do, he said, was make a new place. a new place that would be called isratine. so it was like israel and palestine but you combined them so it would be isratine. he thought just calling a new place that would settle everything. moammar gadhafi also had a condoleezza price problem in he loved condoleezza rice too much. when his compound in tripoli was overrun by rebel forces one thing he found in his living quarters was a mash book of pictures and clippings about condoleezza rice. every page a new thing about condoleezza rice. eke. gadhafi it turns out was also afraid of the top floors of buildings that had multiple floors. ga dauf dhafi also never liked to go anywhere without a ukrainian nurse. he had a whole fleet of ukrainian nurses. there was one familiar blond one he liked with him at all times. gadhafi's son once booked mariah carey to perform for
. >>> when moammar gadhafi was still alive, when he was still the dictator of libya, gadhafi had a plan to settle the conflict between israel and the palestinians. to settle that issue once and for all in a very simple way, all you had to do, he said, was make a new place. a new place that would be called isratine. so it was like israel and palestine but you combined them so it would be isratine. he thought just calling a new place that would settle everything. moammar gadhafi also had...
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others said pro-gadhafi loyalists. trying the find out who did that and committed the murders in libya. and still, you know, trying to figure out how and why the timeline and happened in egypt and does seem to be that seen on the internet taken and whipped up by, you know, a very sort of frenzied and popular imam there and put on television. >> christiane amanpour, chief international correspondent for cnn, thank you so much. sleek new styling... sophisticated dual cockpit design, and sport sculpted seats. available chevrolet mylink infotainment system. the all-new 2013 chevrolet malibu. ♪ refined comfort to get you in a malibu state of mind no matter what state you live in. ♪ begins with back pain and a choice. take advil, and maybe have to take up to four in a day. or take aleve, which can relieve pain all day with just two pills. good eye. your doctor will say get smart about your weight. i tried weight loss plans... but their shakes aren't always made for people with diabetes. that's why there's glucerna hunger
others said pro-gadhafi loyalists. trying the find out who did that and committed the murders in libya. and still, you know, trying to figure out how and why the timeline and happened in egypt and does seem to be that seen on the internet taken and whipped up by, you know, a very sort of frenzied and popular imam there and put on television. >> christiane amanpour, chief international correspondent for cnn, thank you so much. sleek new styling... sophisticated dual cockpit design, and...
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gadhafi managed for a long time. he brought them in an overtime he had handlers for them within the security forces. he knows the weaknesses, he knows how to manipulate them. gadhafi is gone, but the leftover of the security forces are still there. they're infiltrating and they manipulate them. after that, some of hq, al qaeda from the european and insula are involved. so while it may be a misguided extremist people, there are the other two smarter elements playing them and using them. technically the three of them agree on some tactical goals for nasa brings them together and strategically they are different. you know, al qaeda wants to launch an attack against the united states or warp. so if there is lander area where they can do that, they will be very happy. they have sharia and lamenting islam and that works well, survey or something to agree on for a short period of time. but there is far more security apparatus of the handlers and are very interested in the lack of stability. the chaos in the country works we
gadhafi managed for a long time. he brought them in an overtime he had handlers for them within the security forces. he knows the weaknesses, he knows how to manipulate them. gadhafi is gone, but the leftover of the security forces are still there. they're infiltrating and they manipulate them. after that, some of hq, al qaeda from the european and insula are involved. so while it may be a misguided extremist people, there are the other two smarter elements playing them and using them....
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they came in, supported 24e78 to get rid of gadhafi. that's great. there's a very strong pro-western sentiment in iraq, but they do feel that interest then waned ask that the central government there needs a lot of support. the sort of support we see in iraq and afghanistan, to give them that sort of security apparatus to control these sorts of elements. >> u.s. sources say they don't believe this was necessarily targeting the ambassador, the u.s. ambassador, and you have intelligence sources yourself saying they had expected something. what do you think was the purpose then of these attacks? >> to attack u.s. interests, and as a result of drone attacks on al qaeda, leaders in libya and elsewhere, yemen as well, this was an opportunity, if you like, to attack u.s. interests. you know, the consulate is more of a soft target than the embassy. this gave them perfect cover to do it, so, yeah, it's basically a response to drone attacks that have been taking out al qaeda leaders very effectively. do not be surprised to see more drone attacks in the days ah
they came in, supported 24e78 to get rid of gadhafi. that's great. there's a very strong pro-western sentiment in iraq, but they do feel that interest then waned ask that the central government there needs a lot of support. the sort of support we see in iraq and afghanistan, to give them that sort of security apparatus to control these sorts of elements. >> u.s. sources say they don't believe this was necessarily targeting the ambassador, the u.s. ambassador, and you have intelligence...
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released a very important report which was about the collaboration between the cia m i six and the gadhafi regime in extraditing through the extraordinary rendition program several militants from across asia and africa they were brought to libya where they were tortured one of them mr bell hired became a major fight in the twenty eleven war against gadhafi and was then the emir of tripoli well mr bell hides in that report says when will there be an apology for me i was treated you know my form four month old pregnant my wife was pregnant or four months old she was chained she was brought into libya handed over to the gadhafi regime so what people like mr bell hard to understand is there is no accounting for the collaboration of agencies like the cia and m i six with the gadhafi regime there is no opening for them to have a conversation about the bombings during the need to war i mean these things are blocked naturally they're suspicious and now we're going to go off the coast of libya and drones flying over eastern libya that suspicion is only going to heighten you know the ability that yo
released a very important report which was about the collaboration between the cia m i six and the gadhafi regime in extraditing through the extraordinary rendition program several militants from across asia and africa they were brought to libya where they were tortured one of them mr bell hired became a major fight in the twenty eleven war against gadhafi and was then the emir of tripoli well mr bell hides in that report says when will there be an apology for me i was treated you know my form...
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was captured on that day breaking news out of libya reports that deposed the dictator moammar gadhafi is dead the libyan fighters say they have defeated the last forces loyal to more market off forty two years of terror seemingly ended just hours ago and there is the picture that is being circulated that is purported to be moammar gadhafi tripoli of celebration so what appears to be the end of a brutal era this is a huge day for the rebel forces the revolutionary forces in libya a huge day the end of a brutal era. do you think that you know what was communicated by the mainstream media here in the united states. you know did a good enough job in portraying what was actually happening on the ground there. really you just showed it just heard it every revolution has stages i mean look at the french revolution lasted thirty years from one bloody wave to another bloody way of every revolution in russia and in the middle east what we need to have been able to do was to locate those forces that are really ready to move liberal democracy as a really ready to move at least to some form of dem
was captured on that day breaking news out of libya reports that deposed the dictator moammar gadhafi is dead the libyan fighters say they have defeated the last forces loyal to more market off forty two years of terror seemingly ended just hours ago and there is the picture that is being circulated that is purported to be moammar gadhafi tripoli of celebration so what appears to be the end of a brutal era this is a huge day for the rebel forces the revolutionary forces in libya a huge day the...
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was restoring its ties to moammar gadhafi's regime. and he was so excited about this, you know, country that was really an enigma for so many years, to get in there and try and form relationships with the libyan people, after so many years, the u.s. had not had ties with the libyan people. and so, then, when he went back to benghazi as the envoy to the opposition, to the transitional national council, he really tapped in to that wide network of contact, and the tribes, libya's a very tribal society. many different groups, many different tribes. so he had contact throughout the whole country. not just in the civil society, but in the business community. he loved to entertain, and he loved to invite libyans over to his house, and so when they looked after the arab spring to appoint a new u.s. ambassador to libya, after the moammar gadhafi fell, really chris stevens was seen as the only person that could do it. his enthusiasm for libya really unparalleled. >> all right. elise labott live for us in washington. thank you for all of those de
was restoring its ties to moammar gadhafi's regime. and he was so excited about this, you know, country that was really an enigma for so many years, to get in there and try and form relationships with the libyan people, after so many years, the u.s. had not had ties with the libyan people. and so, then, when he went back to benghazi as the envoy to the opposition, to the transitional national council, he really tapped in to that wide network of contact, and the tribes, libya's a very tribal...
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moammar gadhafi didn't permit institutions, civil institutions. he ruled, he was an autocratic dictator. and we knew that. so when he was overthrown, the new government was going to need support, long-term support. they have their own money from oil. they needed help building civil institutions. >> sounds like ambassador stevens wanted to play an integral role in helping that support, the next chapter, if you will, of libya, and his life tragically cut short. fran townsend, thank you so much for calling in. if you get any more information call us back. listening to her speak i can't help but think of the images, our coverage of benghazi, really the birthplace of the revolution, the rebel movement, and here it is the same city in which the ambassador, who wanted to help libyans -- >> who played such a key role in that >> -- was killed. we're sitting on a bunch of shale gas. there's natural gas under my town. it's a game changer. ♪ it means cleaner, cheaper american-made energy. but we've got to be careful how we get it. design the wells to be saf
moammar gadhafi didn't permit institutions, civil institutions. he ruled, he was an autocratic dictator. and we knew that. so when he was overthrown, the new government was going to need support, long-term support. they have their own money from oil. they needed help building civil institutions. >> sounds like ambassador stevens wanted to play an integral role in helping that support, the next chapter, if you will, of libya, and his life tragically cut short. fran townsend, thank you so...
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were hiding their faces the never know who the rebels were who was so desperate to overthrow colonel gadhafi and why we were told it was because of freedom but taking an honest look many of these men were terrorists here's asia times correspondent how they ask of our speaking on our t.v. last year. name is abdul hakim. and he is an al qaeda yes it he was struck by the cia after nine eleven he was friends with zarko when he was captured in mostly asian two thousand and three he will store turn in bangkok where i lived at the time you know one of those extremely rendition cia prisons in bangkok he was sent back to the libyans he made a deal with saif al islam in two thousand and nine he was released and now he's the military commander of trip. so again that's heavy escobar talking about this information for more than a year ago that a cia prisoner a former detainee at guantanamo bay headed a group the u.s. and its allies support it and by the way these issues are not new ones very similar ones were encountered in afghanistan back in one thousand nine hundred three when the west was celebrating
were hiding their faces the never know who the rebels were who was so desperate to overthrow colonel gadhafi and why we were told it was because of freedom but taking an honest look many of these men were terrorists here's asia times correspondent how they ask of our speaking on our t.v. last year. name is abdul hakim. and he is an al qaeda yes it he was struck by the cia after nine eleven he was friends with zarko when he was captured in mostly asian two thousand and three he will store turn...
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propelled grenades there's a lot of that in benghazi libya was flooded with weapons to fight colonel gadhafi creasy even seems self played an active role in bringing down quite a few something that was pointed out by hillary clinton in the speech she said how could this happen in a country we helped liberate in a city we saved from destruction we also heard that a u.s. marine and to terror team is heading for gaza to reinforce security at u.s. diplomatic facilities going back to the movie that instigated this deadly attack it was produced by a real estate developer from california who put its trailer on you tube something that very few people saw before a preacher from florida terry jones started promoting it the same preacher who's a burning of a koran last year triggered riots in afghanistan this latest film obviously caught fire with mr with people in the part of the world where they don't just let things like that go was they didn't with the caricature of muhammad in a danish newspaper in two thousand and five that triggered a lot of riots as we remember also as they didn't like go with
propelled grenades there's a lot of that in benghazi libya was flooded with weapons to fight colonel gadhafi creasy even seems self played an active role in bringing down quite a few something that was pointed out by hillary clinton in the speech she said how could this happen in a country we helped liberate in a city we saved from destruction we also heard that a u.s. marine and to terror team is heading for gaza to reinforce security at u.s. diplomatic facilities going back to the movie that...
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yes, they wanted gadhafi killed. there was a group called the libyan fighting group, the organization, they tried to assassinate gadhafi in '96 and gadhafi retaliated massively and they all fled, joined up with al-qaeda. during the revolution, they reformed. not necessarily named as such, then they leveraged the nato support, which assassinated gadhafi. >> jeff, let me ask you, how big of a problem are these groups right now? >> well, i think they're a major problem. they don't represent a great proportion of libyan citizenry, obviously. you're talking about small rejections factions. a lot of these organizations integrate jihadi veterans who have some combat experience. whether we're talking about iraq in which libyans represented a very sizable contention of foreign fighters there, or even in the afghan pakistan war zone. you have a lot of folks with a great deal of experience and that also plays into the reason of why we didn't know about this and its entirety before it happened. a lot of these guys are very sophi
yes, they wanted gadhafi killed. there was a group called the libyan fighting group, the organization, they tried to assassinate gadhafi in '96 and gadhafi retaliated massively and they all fled, joined up with al-qaeda. during the revolution, they reformed. not necessarily named as such, then they leveraged the nato support, which assassinated gadhafi. >> jeff, let me ask you, how big of a problem are these groups right now? >> well, i think they're a major problem. they don't...
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i mean you mean to say that gadhafi was a realistic democratic proponent of jeffersonian principles or if you're looking at assad the killings in syria i just applied because after all there might be chaos after or a civil war in syria even though there are killings that are going on proposed to put in the promoted by the government i mean her i think it's just a lot of people would be saying playing a lot of people would say in all fairness it's a very selective you know these are dictators and countries the u.s. doesn't like and you know it has a geopolitical edge as i mean we can look at bahrain look at saudi arabia these are not my you know there's oppression in bahrain in saudi arabia stage and i surrounded me ok syria i mean can i jump in here just go right ahead and i want to hear obviously the united states is selective ok john go ahead jump in i thought i'd like to say something about yes. first of all on the libyan case there was something extremely wrong about our action in libya for the war in iraq at least george bush took the time to lie to congress about going in bara
i mean you mean to say that gadhafi was a realistic democratic proponent of jeffersonian principles or if you're looking at assad the killings in syria i just applied because after all there might be chaos after or a civil war in syria even though there are killings that are going on proposed to put in the promoted by the government i mean her i think it's just a lot of people would be saying playing a lot of people would say in all fairness it's a very selective you know these are dictators...
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the secretary of state said he lost his life trying -- gadhafi. the secretary of state said he lost his life trying to build a better libya. >> this was an attack against shale and savage a -- against a small and savage group. >> reporter: he was an analyst who would joke with condoleezza rice about gadhafi's crush on her, an ambassador who would brew up a cappachino for senator john mccain. >> he's just a good california dude. >> reporter: matthew van dyke, the baltimore man who fought for the rebels in benghazi, says the vast majority of libyans love america for helping them win their freedom. >> people are really upset. they're really ashamed. shame is a big thing in islamic culture and they feel it deeply. >> reporter: there is an old saying in american politics that in america politics somes at the water he is edge but innocent in case. republican presidential nominee mitt romney blasted a statement out of the american embassy in cairo that criticized that anti- islam video. he said that the statement from the embassy was akin to appeasement
the secretary of state said he lost his life trying -- gadhafi. the secretary of state said he lost his life trying to build a better libya. >> this was an attack against shale and savage a -- against a small and savage group. >> reporter: he was an analyst who would joke with condoleezza rice about gadhafi's crush on her, an ambassador who would brew up a cappachino for senator john mccain. >> he's just a good california dude. >> reporter: matthew van dyke, the...
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two years under moammar gadhafi, then the liaison ambassador. >> and he worked hard to get rid of gadhafi through these rebels? >> absolutely. and he has reached out and he really knows the streets. the libyan people. in the same way he's known in every place i've ever known him, he has been one who has really been engaged. when he looks for what role the united states should play, listens to what the people on the ground are saying, not just -- >> and he was fluent in arabic, a career diplomat, spent 20 years in the foreign service and you knew him, so this is important. what would he want the united states to do towards libya in the aftermath of what has happened, this tragic killing of him and three of his colleagues? >> i think he'd say do not waiver, that the united states was on a course to try to help facilitate a very traumatic transition in many of these countries. he was doing things in trying to help establish the rule of law. helping disarm the militias, promoting the kind of development or access to technology and know-how so libya could build what is potentially a very rich
two years under moammar gadhafi, then the liaison ambassador. >> and he worked hard to get rid of gadhafi through these rebels? >> absolutely. and he has reached out and he really knows the streets. the libyan people. in the same way he's known in every place i've ever known him, he has been one who has really been engaged. when he looks for what role the united states should play, listens to what the people on the ground are saying, not just -- >> and he was fluent in arabic,...
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was trying to restore its ties with the regime of gadhafi. and he was the head diplomat on the ground there. and then after the fall of gadhafi, he was sent as the envoy to the opposition. on the ground in benghazi with the rebels. that's where he was really the most happy, just trying to get this country working with this new government to be ready for the day after. and then after moammar gadhafi fell, he was really considered the only man for the job. he had such an affinity for libya. fluent arab speaker, really considered by everybody as one of the top diplomats of the state department. everyone speaking to friends and colleagues, really mourning his loss today. >> he wasn't on the job for very long, was he? >> he wasn't on the job as u.s. ambassador for very long. several months ago i attended his swearing in and secretary clinton swore him in. he has been working on libya for the the past five years, as i said, first as that envoy to the moammar gadhafi regime and then as the envoy to the transitional national council. really libya alw
was trying to restore its ties with the regime of gadhafi. and he was the head diplomat on the ground there. and then after the fall of gadhafi, he was sent as the envoy to the opposition. on the ground in benghazi with the rebels. that's where he was really the most happy, just trying to get this country working with this new government to be ready for the day after. and then after moammar gadhafi fell, he was really considered the only man for the job. he had such an affinity for libya....
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these were veterans of the struggle against gadhafi. they entered politics and ran as parliamentary candidates. they became politicized. there was a fraction however in integration and that has formed militias that have called for boycotting the elections and that is really trying to make its voice heard in libya. i have argued in some articles, this faction is really a failed faction to attain residents and libyan society. they have obviously been making a lot of noise about the election in certain places like dharna and benghazi, trying to replicate social mores. most recently we saw them across the country and of course they are playing the anti-u.s. anti-western card. there has been attacks against the red cross facilities and attacks against the then coffee conflict. all of these are symptoms i'm going to argue of a political movement that is not very mature and successful, that is grasping or really flailing for relevance in this society and you can argue that the consulate attack was really a symptom of this debate. the important
these were veterans of the struggle against gadhafi. they entered politics and ran as parliamentary candidates. they became politicized. there was a fraction however in integration and that has formed militias that have called for boycotting the elections and that is really trying to make its voice heard in libya. i have argued in some articles, this faction is really a failed faction to attain residents and libyan society. they have obviously been making a lot of noise about the election in...
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i've been there when gadhafi was the leader and wrote a story about how gadhafi hung 11 students in the university square, and they were going to come after me, and one of the libyans told me, you better get out of the country, this is a dangerous place. and i was on the plane and saw the security guards and the military and police running down trying to stop the plane. whether it was for show or not, i don't know, but it's something i remember, and it's a potentially very violent place, situation. you know, they don't have the apparatus of government in lots of serious ways, so we get to watch. >> and the u.s. is obviously going to scale back its diplomatic presence in libya right now for good reasons. let me quickly get your thoughts on this little spat that's going on between prime minister netanyahu of israel and president obama. netanyahu's coming to the united states, was not invited to a meeting either in new york or washington. big deal, little deal, how do you see this? >> well, we just don't know because our back channel communications, obviously there is not a great deal of l
i've been there when gadhafi was the leader and wrote a story about how gadhafi hung 11 students in the university square, and they were going to come after me, and one of the libyans told me, you better get out of the country, this is a dangerous place. and i was on the plane and saw the security guards and the military and police running down trying to stop the plane. whether it was for show or not, i don't know, but it's something i remember, and it's a potentially very violent place,...
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moammar gadhafi ruled the nation for years. take a look at this it timeline. >> today 20th of october, we are told that gadhafi is dead. the libyan freedom fighters have finally succeeded in throwing the curtain on gadhafi's tribe. >> this revolution started peacefully demanding the minimum of legitimate rights. but it was faced with violence and excessive violence so god has put to us what can help us to gain victory. >> the result is as follows. the resolution has unanimously. >> we are interested in respecting the will and also the national interests and would trust that the world will appreciate. ♪ >> a free and stable libya is still in america's interest and security and we will not turn our back on that nor will we rest until those responsible for these attacks are found and brought to justice. >> while we focus on the major political events in the lives of libyans, we should also point out that there have been dozens of incidents including a minor explosion in june. no one was hurt. >>> my next guest says he's concerne
moammar gadhafi ruled the nation for years. take a look at this it timeline. >> today 20th of october, we are told that gadhafi is dead. the libyan freedom fighters have finally succeeded in throwing the curtain on gadhafi's tribe. >> this revolution started peacefully demanding the minimum of legitimate rights. but it was faced with violence and excessive violence so god has put to us what can help us to gain victory. >> the result is as follows. the resolution has...